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March 15, 2013 FCW.COM
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VA CIO Roger Baker
stepping down
Department of Veterans Affairs CIO
Roger Baker is leaving public service.
He made the announcement in an
internal memo to the VA IT depart-
ment. A source told FCW that
Baker plans to move to the
private sector.
In his dual role as CIO and
assistant secretary for infor-
mation and technology, Baker
has managed a $3.3 billion
organization with more than
7,500 IT professionals. When
he joined VA in 2009, he said
he and Secretary Eric Shinseki agreed
VA should rst "renovate IT and then
use IT to renovate the department.
"
From 1998 to 2001, Baker was CIO
at the Commerce Department. He
has also served as CEO and presi-
dent of Dataline, a Virginia-based IT
services and integration company;
CIO at General Dynamics Information
Technology; and executive vice presi-
dent and general manager at CACI
International.
--- Camille Tuutti
Peter Levin to leave VA
Peter Levin announced he is stepping
down from his post as chief technology
of cer at the Department of Veterans
Affairs, effective March 1.
Levin has spearheaded innovations
in veterans' health and ben-
e t services at VA and was
instrumental in launching
the Blue Button initiative,
which enables veterans to
manage and share their per-
sonal health data.
During his earlier career
in private industry, Levin co-
founded and led a semicon-
ductor design software rm and was
a partner at a Germany-based venture
capital rm. He has co-written more
than 50 articles on topics such as cyber-
security and computer modeling and
simulations.
--- Camille Tuutti
SBA leader to step down
Karen Mills has resigned as adminis-
trator of the Small Business Admin-
istration but will stay on until a suc-
cessor is con rmed.
"I asked Karen to lead the Small
Business Administration because I
knew she had the skills and expe-
rience to help America's small
businesses recover from the worst
economic crisis in generations ---
and that's exactly what she's done,
"
President Barack Obama said in a
statement.
He added that in the past four
years, Mills has reduced paperwork
and made it easier for small compa-
nies to join the federal marketplace.
In 2012, the president raised SBA to
a Cabinet-level agency.
--- Matthew Weigelt
GSA gains a CFO
Michael Casella will become chief
nancial of cer at the General Services
Administration. He has been director of
USAID's Of ce of Budget and Resource
Management since 2010.
He replaces Alison Doone, who
has accepted a position as deputy
CFO at the Energy Department after a
six-month detail at the Partnership for
Public Service. Gary Grippo has been
lling in as acting CFO.
--- Matthew Weigelt
FCW INSIDER
Peter Levin
12% is the average annual rate of
senior executive turnover in large
organizations, CEB research has found.